Coat-front structure



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N. zucK COAT more? STRUCTURE Filed March 28, 1921 INVENTOR Patented Dec. 2, 1924.

UNET ED ST NICHOLAS ZUCK, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

COAT-FRONT STRUCTURE.

Application filed March 28, 1921.

To aZZ 'LU/LO'HL it may concern:

Be it known that I, Nrcrroms ZUoK, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coat-Front Structures, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a coat front struc ture and has for its purpose to provide a coat front which can be manufactured readily and econon'iically, also affording a durable and pliable coat front that can be worked into the highest quality and most stylish coats.

A further object of the invention is to afford a coat front with a lapel or front portion possessing sufficient stiffness to retain the shape that is given it when the coat is made, and sufficient flexibility to permit the lapel to be given what is known in the trade as a soft roll, affording a graceful, stylishly appearing lapel which will hold its shape indefinitely.

The invention will be made more clear from the following detailed description, in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, the novel features being pointed out in the claims following the description.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a coat front constructed in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, and

Figure 2 is a sectional view on line 22 of Figure 1.

The coat front comprises, in general, a canvas portion 1, a hair-cloth portion 2 and a felt portion 3, affording, when secured together, the body or side portion A of the coat front and the lapel or front portion B.

The hair-cloth portion 9. extends throughout the body portion A and the lapel portion B, and alone constitutes the latter. It is preferably a fine, closely woven haircloth, such as known in the trade as Hymo and consisting of cotton or wool woven with mohair or Chinese hair. The hair-cloth is treated by immersing it in a cementitious solution, preferably of a waterproofing nature which is caused to thoroughly permeate every portion of the hair-cloth. This is an important characteristic of this invention, since by thus treating the hair-cloth fabric,

Serial No. 456,368.

I am enabled to obtain a soft, pliable lapel portion which will readily yield to any desirable shaping in working the garment, and yet possessing sufficient stiffness to cause it tohold the given shape indefinitely. By this method I can produce What is known as a soft roll lapel coat, that is more durable, more pleasing in appearance, and more efficient from every tailoring viewpoint that has ever been previously produced by any known methods.

The hair-cloth fabric 2 is secured to the felt 3 preferably by pressure, and retained by the action of the cementitious substance with which the hair-cloth is impregnated. The hair-cloth and felt being thus secured together, in the form of a stock fabric, Which forms the subject matter of a copending application, they are cut out from a single pattern at one operationafter which the canvas is attached by stitching in the usual manner. It will be understood that the invention may be carried out in various other ways without departing from the fundamental principle of my improvement, which consists essentially of imparting stiffness to the lapel portion of a coat front by treating the hair-cloth or other fabric with a cementitious stiffening or waterproofing substance, such processed fabric also preferably, but not necessarily, being formed integral with and constituting a portion of the fabric which extends into and stiffens the body or side portion of the coat front. WVhere I employ the terms hair-cloth and felt throughout the description, I intend to refer to and cover any stiffening material, or any padding material, as the case may be.

I claim:

A coat front structure consisting of a piece of haidcloth fabric comprising inte- I gral body and lapel. portions impregnated with a cementitious stiffening substance, the stiffened haircloth fabric alone constituting the lapel portion, and a layer of padding material extending over the body portion and terminating at the lapel portion, said padding material being secured to the body portion by the cementitious substance.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name.

NICHOLAS ZUCK. 

